Omurtag G Z, Yazicioğlu D
Department of Pharmaceutical Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Marmara University, Haydarpaşa-Istanbul, Turkey.
J Environ Sci Health B. 2000 Nov;35(6):797-807. doi: 10.1080/03601230009373308.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the T-2 toxin contaminated grain and grain products consumed especially by Turkish population. The T-2 toxin was detected using the high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with UV detector at 208 nm and the identify of T-2 was further confirmed by thin layer chromatography (TLC). The recovery was 91 +/- 4.24% for corn flour fortified with the known amount of T-2 toxin (1 ppm). The detection limits of T-2 toxin for the HPLC and the TLC were 25 ng and 50 ng, respectively. A total of 30 commercially available grain and grain product samples were analyzed. Two corn flour samples were found to contain detectable levels of T-2 toxin at a level of 1.60 ppm and 4.08 ppm.
